Review by Bob Ignizio
In the new animated feature HOME,
the Boov are an alien race renowned for running away from
danger. They positively excel at it. Which would probably be okay as
far as that goes if it didn't lead them to subjugate other, less
advanced planets whenever they need to flee their previous world due
to the imminent arrival of The Gorg, an more powerful alien race that
has it in for the Boov.
The Boov's most recent choice for a
place to live is, you guessed it, Earth. Under the direction of their
ruler Smek (Steve Martin), they round up all the humans and deposit
them in Australia. The Boov are all more or less alike except for Oh
(Jim Parsons), whose name comes from the exclamation of dread
everyone else makes when they realize he's about to engage them. This
doesn't stop Oh from trying to be friends with everybody, especially
Kyle (Matt L. Jones). To this end, Oh sends an e-vite to a party at
his new home that inadvertently goes out to the whole galaxy,
including the Gorg. There's a chance to stop the message, but unlike
the rest of the Boov, Oh has changed his password from the default
“password”, and no one can figure out what it is. Nor can they
ask Oh, who true to his kind has gone into hiding rather than face
the trouble he's in.
Oh finds an unlikely ally in Tip
(Rihanna), evidently the only human left behind when the Boov did
their mass relocation. She needs Oh's help to find her mom (Jennifer Lopez), and he
needs her help to do what the Boov do best and run away. But maybe,
just maybe, these two can learn from each other and save the day. Do
ya think?
Look, HOME
is exactly what you expect from Dreamworks animation division, which
routinely churns out serviceable second and third rate Pixar
knock-offs. This one is definitely in the third rate category. If you
want to get critical (and I guess I should, since that's kind of the
idea of writing a review), the story is pretty half baked, the jokes
are tired, and the soundtrack (heavy on the Rihanna, natch) not my
cup of tea. It's not bad enough for me to muster up any real venom,
though, and it did its job of keeping my four year old son
entertained. 2 out of 4 stars.
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